This was a very special Fourth of July weekend for "Twilight" fans, because the long weekend meant that the stars of "The Twilight Saga" films were going to be making surprise appearances at movie theaters around the country. The full list of cities (ranging from Detroit to Atlanta to Kona, Hawaii) went up on Friday, but which stars would be appearing wasn't known until after they showed up in theaters.
The biggest surprise of the weekend was when Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart greeted fans Monday night after an IMAX screening of "Eclipse" in Century City, California. "We just wanted to come and say thank you in person for making this such a great weekend," Stewart said. Pattinson added, "I hope you liked the movie, because otherwise this would really embarrassing." The two left quickly, but considering there was a lot of doubt that the Big Two would actually go out, the fans didn't seem to mind.
It was a cap to an exciting weekend that started with appearances Friday. Dakota Fanning also didn't stray far from home when she made an appearance at a Los Angeles cinema, and Justin Chon only ventured down to Orange County, California. Kiowa Gordon (Embry Call) and BooBoo Stewart (Seth) went to Las Vegas, while Tyson Houseman (Quil Ateara) journeyed out of the country to Vancouver.
On the other side of the country, Gil Birmingham (Billy Black) went to Kansas City to greet fans, while Tinsel Korey (Emily) went to Nashville, Christian Serratos (Angela) went to Washington, D.C., and Julia Jones (Leah Clearwater) went to Chicago. Charlie Bewley (Demetri) visited a screening in Minneapolis, telling fans at the not-quite-full Rosedale AMC theater that he was "forced to watch it at the premiere, but it was really good. I'm not the kind of guy that would go and watch 'Twilight' if I wasn't in the movie ... but I was really impressed with this one."
The appearances continued on Saturday, with Bewley heading over to screenings in New Jersey, Jones heading to San Francisco and Serratos to Dallas. Cameron Bright (Alec) visited three theaters in Atlanta, Jodelle Ferland (Bree) headed down to New Orleans, and Bronson Pelletier (Jared) visited theaters in Cleveland and Detroit. Taylor Lautner surprised fans at an unscheduled appearance in Pittsburgh, and Peter Facinelli traveled down to Kona, Hawaii. Nikki Reed and Xavier Samuel, who had just returned from promoting the film in Europe, went to theaters in Long Island and Manhattan, respectively.
Reed answered fan questions for about 10 minutes, sharing that she was so Team Edward when they were filming "Twilight" that she was in the middle of reading "New Moon," when Edward leaves Bella, and she found herself running around the set looking for Pattinson, thinking, "where's Rob? I just need to see him and make sure he's still here." After one bad heartbreak in her life, though, she said she finds herself more aligned with Team Jacob because it's "healthier."
There were only two scheduled appearances on Sunday, but fans said Bright didn't make it to Toronto where he was supposed to make an appearance. Ashley Greene did head to her hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, where she spent time talking to fans and signing autographs.
"I just wanted to say, thank you so much for coming to see our movie. We're really, really proud of this film," she told the crowd. "Thank you guys."
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